| 1/11 | Introduction |
| 1/16 | THE CINEMA OF ATTRACTIONS HNF, chapter 1 (pages 1-13) & Tom Gunning, “Cinema of Attractions” (in OAKS); Short films by the Lumières, George Méliès, and Edwin Porter. |
| 1/18 | HNF, chapter 1 (pages 13-23)
More short films by Edwin Porter |
| 1/23 | FILM NARRATIVE HNF, chapter 3
D.W. Griffith’s Corner in Wheat (we will view in class) |
| 1/25 | HNF, chapter 6 (pages 119-131 only); QUIZ 1
Our Hospitality (dir. Buster Keaton & John Blystone, 1923) |
| 1/30 | Our Hospitality, cont’d |
| 2/1 | FILM FORM I: GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM HNF, chapter 4 & Siegfried Kracauer, “Basic Concepts” from Theory of Film (in OAKS) – QUIZ 2
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (dir. Robert Wiene, 1920) |
| 2/6 | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, cont’d
In class, we will watch scenes from Nosferatu (dir. F.W. Murnau, 1922) |
| 2/8 | FILM FORM II: SOVIET MONTAGE HNF, chapter 5 – QUIZ 3
Battleship Potemkin (dir. Sergei Eisenstein, 1925) |
| 2/13 | Battleship Potemkin, cont’d,
In class, we will watch scenes from Man with the Movie Camera (dir. Dziga Vertov, 1929) |
| 2/15 | FILM SOUND HNF, chapter 7 (pages 151-160 & 169-177) & Bordwell & Thompson, “Functions of Film Sound” (in OAKS) – QUIZ 4
A Man Escaped (dir. Robert Bresson, 1956); midterm essay due in OAKS by 11:59pm |
| 2/20 | A Man Escaped, cont’d |
| 2/22 | CINEMATIC REALISM & THEORY Citizen Kane (dir. Orson Welles, 1940); HNF, chapter 10 & André Bazin,
“The Evolution of the Language of Cinema” (in OAKS) – QUIZ 5 |
| 2/27 | Citizen Kane, cont’d |
| 2/29 | POST-WWII EUROPEAN CINEMA I: ITALIAN NEOREALISM HNF, chapter 11 (pages 275-285); André Bazin, “Bicycle Thief” (in OAKS) – QUIZ 6
Bicycle Thieves (dir. Vittoria De Sica, 1948) |
| 3/5 | No class: Spring break |
| 3/7 | No class: Spring break |
| 3/12 | Bicycle Thieves cont’d
In class, we will watch scenes from Rome: Open City (dir. Roberto Rossellini, 1945) |
| 3/14 | POST-WWII EUROPEAN CINEMA II: THE FRENCH NEW WAVE HNF, chapter 13 – QUIZ 7 (ONLINE)
NO CLASS: VIEW VIDEO LECTURE, IN OAKS Shoot the Piano Player (dir. François Truffaut, 1960) |
| 3/19 | Shoot the Piano Player, cont’d
Les Mistons (dir. François Truffaut, 1957), screened in class |
| 3/21 | Scenes from films by Jean-Luc Godard, screened in class |
| 3/26 | IMAGES OF WOMEN IN FILM HNF, chapter 8 (pages 205-217 only) – QUIZ 8
Vertigo (dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) |
| 3/28 | Vertigo (1958) cont’d; Laura Mulvey, “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” (OAKS) |
| 4/2 | Vertigo (1958) cont’d |
| 4/4 | THE NEW HOLLYWOOD HNF, chapter 20 (pages 669-675 only) & Thomas Schatz, “The New Hollywood” (in OAKS) – QUIZ 9
Jaws (dir. Steve Spielberg), 1975 |
| 4/9 | Jaws cont’d |
| 4/11 | NEW BLACK CINEMA Brian C. Johnson, “Baltimore 2015, Black Lives Matter, and the Prescience of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing” (in OAKS) – QUIZ 10
Do the Right Thing (dir. Spike Lee, 1989) |
| 4/16 | Do the Right Thing, cont’d |
| 4/18 | DIGITAL CINEMA HNF, chapter 21; D.N. Rodowick, “The Virtual Life of Film,” pp. 1-13 (OAKS) & “Teaching Inception” (recommended) – QUIZ 10
Inception (dir. Christopher Nolan, 2010) |
| 4/23 | Inception, cont’d |
ENGL 212: Cinema: History & Criticism
